CYDECTIN Plus Fluke Pour-On for Cattle
For the treatment and control of liver fluke, internal and external parasites of cattle.

Pack sizes:

5L Backpack
1L Easy pour bottle

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Shiloh Santa Gertrudis Stud, Kotemaori, Northern Hawkes
Bay.

Cydectin® Plus Fluke Pour-On.

Cydectin secures peace of mind for stud.

The Santa Gertrudis breed is not as prominent as it was back in
the early nineties when exotic breeds were making their mark across
both the sheep and beef sectors. However, a northern Hawke's Bay
farmer is determinedly keeping the breed on his map locally, and
this summer is one where they have proven to more than earn their
keep.

Vance and Denise Percy farm 330ha at Kotemaori in the northern
Hawke's Bay on pumice country that can turn dry in summer, and this
year has certainly been no exception.

For over 30 years Vance has built up his Santa Gertrudis herd to
a total of 40 breeding cows in his stud and 100 commercial
cows. "Weight for age they do very well in hot dry
conditions, the heat does not worry them and they like rough
pasture."

The dry conditions experienced over the summer-autumn period can
bring elevated worm infestation, but fluke can also be an issue for
Vance to deal with in his bulls and cow herd.

In the past Vance had used an injectable treatment for fluke
control, but the recently launched Cydectin® Plus Fluke Pour-On
with "two in one" pour on approach for controlling fluke appealed
for its convenience, and for the reputation Cydectin had already
established for worm control.

Typically fluke problems arise for Vance with stock drinking
from streams. The impact can also be expressed in lower growth
rates and rejected liver at kill time.

Cydectin Plus Fluke Pour-On offers a "gold standard" of fluke
control to operators like Vance, with its Triclabendazole fluke
control combined with the tried and true knock down effectiveness
of the Cydectin® Pour-On formulation for worms
includingOstertagiaandTrichostrongylus.

Zoetis veterinary advisor Victoria Chapman says farmers are well
aware of the impact worm infestations can have, particularly over
late summer and autumn-early winter periods, but often at
this time, fluke levels are also elevated, having a "double whammy"
effect on cattle health.

Extreme dry periods in Northland and the North Island's east
coast have seen increased fluke levels adding to the challenge of
worm infestations as pasture levels are lowered.

In a dry period, stock tend to graze closer to wetter, boggy
parts of the farm where fluke populations are highest, ingesting
the infective stages. "Those swampy areas can remain a snail
and fluke reservoir in coming dry seasons," says Dr Chapman.

The Triclabendazole active in Cydectin Plus Fluke Pour-On hits
fluke at both the mature and immature stages in the liver, with an
efficacy rate well above the minimal requirement of 90%.

Alternative actives' actions may only hit a mature fluke,
leaving immature to continue growing and infest the animal, failing
to break the infection cycle.

While only in his first season using the treatment, Vance is
impressed with its ease of use, and the excellent condition stock
have maintained, despite a challenging season. He intends to do the
calves at 12 months.

Having to focus harder on individual per head productivity off
their sheep and cattle, Vance at least is enjoying peace of mind
over stock health.

"After I farmed in Australia I thought I would never see it as
dry again as I did there, seems I was wrong!"